Completing the circle of my personal, spiritual journey was discovering that I was surrounded by the kichwa world of the Ecuadorian Andes here in New York. I am honored to be involved with Kichwa Hatari. As I learn more about the traditions and their meanings, I can only say to my Ecuadorian and Ecuadorian-American mashikuna, yupaychani, ñawpaman katishun (and I really hope that I said that correctly).